Quick Strikes for Tuesday, September 20

The Bolts

• Worth noting that the Lightning’s official web site has been redecorated for the 2016-17 season. Want proof? Click over to it… [Tampa Bay Lightning]
• With the new Bolts season approaching quickly, it might be fitting to pick up one of Raw Charge’s custom designed t-shirts. [Gameday Depot]/

The Crunch

• The captaincy of the Crunch is open. Will it be settled before the start of the season?  There’s also a poll tied to the article asking just who gets named the team captain. [Syracuse.com]/

The NHL

• Dreams come true to utter disappointment; that’s a description of Thomas Vanek with the Minnesota Wild. [NBC Sports]
• Do you aspire to be a hockey blogger? Don’t care which team, just looking for an opportunity to prove you? SB Nation’s Anaheim Ducks blog Anaheim Calling is looking for help… [Anaheim Calling]
• The Edmonton Oilers signed five players on Monday to professional tryout offers. [Today’s Slapshot]
• A report would make it appear that the Dallas Stars are going to lose Valeri Nichushkin to the KHL. [Defending Big D]
• Welp, the season tickets for the inaugural season of Las Vegas (what?) Knights hockey is a hot commodity… They’re sold out. [The Sin Bin]/

2016 World Cup of Hockey

• The World Cup of Hockey is a uniter, not a divider, for the hockey teams… Jack Eichel is an example of such. [The National Post]
• It’s Tuesday morning and there was action yesterday, sure… But what did happen this weekend (with a team flavor, of course) in World Cup of Hockey action? I’m glad you asked…! [Lightning Shout]
• If there’s one player from the Tampa Bay Lightning that should be playing in the World Cup of Hockey, it’s center Tyler Johnson. [Tampa Bay Times]
• Steven Stamkos did not get to participate in the 2014 Winter Olympics and the national flavor of those games. That’s changed in 2016. [Tampa Bay Times]
• Did you know there’s a fan village in Toronto to coincide the World Cup of Hockey? Want to know about the experience there? Here you go… [Pension Plan Puppets]
• As for Monday action, the Czechs fell to Team Europe… [Winging it in Motown]/